Almost Unloved is a multidimensional memoir that throws you into the dark regions of real-life hardships and trials surrounding sexual and physical abuse, abandonment, and depression. She was born in San Diego as an illegitimate child, believing she was adopted. Abandoned to be raised in a small New England town, through it all, she tried many times to leave, but where could she go at such a young age, and where would that destination take her? She had a child at seventeen, married an abusive alcoholic, and tried to run away from her problems, and all she did was bring them with her wherever they went. Realizing her birth family would never accept her, she was free to make her own decisions. Her daughter was all that mattered, and she would have a better life than her mother. Ultimately, she found enough strength to spread her wings and fly into the unknown to start a new life.
Table des matières
Part 1: Roots. 1
Chapter 1: The Making of Mary. 2
Chapter 2: Indecisive Choices. 16
Chapter 3: The Trials of Childrearing. 33
Chapter 4: Daddy’s Little Girl 39
Chapter 5: Relation Revelation Abducting Elizabeth. 46
Part 2: Settling on Shaky Ground. 56
Chapter 6: Big Bugs and New Friends. 57
Chapter 7: The Times They Are a Changing. 69
Chapter 8: A Fleeting Childhood. 78
Chapter 9: Adolescent Adjustments. 88
Chapter 10: Friends, Bullies, and Cheats. 96
Chapter 11: Identity Crises. 106
Chapter 12: Raped by Society. 114
Chapter 13: Daughter Delayed. 129
Part 3: Rambling. 135
Chapter 14: Shrinking My Demons. 136
Chapter 15: Consequences of Trust 146
Chapter 16: Alone, I Turn to My Heart 161
Chapter 17: Emancipated Dependent 168
Chapter 18: Big Disappointments and Small Changes. 175
Chapter 19: Into the Unknown. 183
Chapter 20: Blood Strangers. 195
Part 4: Unsettling Changes. 200
Chapter 21: Sink or Swim.. 201
Chapter 22: Submissive Warfare. 213
Chapter 23: Walk Softly. 220
Chapter 24: I’m Sorry Daddy. 227
Chapter 25: Too Afraid to Stay. 240
Chapter 26: Survival Trumps Fear 250
Epilogue 259
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